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#C4E6DA

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #C4E6DA

#C4E6DA is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 77% red, 90% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 10% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Pale Mint (ΔE 6.0); Powder Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E6C4D0 — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #C4E6DA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.68:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red196
Green230
Blue218

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 6.0
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 10.5
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 13.7

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #C4E6DA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C4E6DA.
1.34:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #C4E6DA.
15.68:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C4E6DA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C4E6DA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E4E1D9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DDDDDB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BDE7E2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C4E6DA?

#C4E6DA is a muted, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 77% red, 90% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 10% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #C4E6DA?

Use black text. Black on #C4E6DA has a contrast ratio of 15.68:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C4E6DA?

Its complementary colour is #E6C4D0, and analogous partners are #C4E6C9 and #C4E1E6.